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Prom 39: Haydn, Charlotte Bray and Mahler

Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series

Add to my Calendar 14-08-2016 19:30 14-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 39: Haydn, Charlotte Bray and Mahler The latest in the series of Proms cello concertos is a powerful new work from Charlotte Bray, an expression of ‘moral outrage’ at the destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, last summer, after which ‘everything changed’ in the composer’s compositional outlook. Similarly, something changed in Mahler when he came to write his Fifth Symphony. Not only had he survived a haemorrhage that had nearly killed him, but he had also met and fallen in love with Alma Schindler, for whom the Fifth Symphony’s ardent Adagietto is a love song. Before that, Haydn’s Symphony No. 34 makes its first appearance at the Proms. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.34 in D minor, Hob.I:34
Charlotte Bray – Falling in the Fire
~ Interval ~
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor

Performers

Sakari Oramo – Conductor
 Guy Johnston – Cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

The latest in the series of Proms cello concertos is a powerful new work from Charlotte Bray, an expression of ‘moral outrage’ at the destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, last summer, after which ‘everything changed’ in the composer’s compositional outlook.

Similarly, something changed in Mahler when he came to write his Fifth Symphony. Not only had he survived a haemorrhage that had nearly killed him, but he had also met and fallen in love with Alma Schindler, for whom the Fifth Symphony’s ardent Adagietto is a love song. Before that, Haydn’s Symphony No. 34 makes its first appearance at the Proms.

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